GUEST SPEAKERS

Kerry Daynes is a registered Consultant Forensic Psychologist, known and trusted by true crime fans across the globe. With over 25 years spent as one of the most sought-after professionals in the business, her work has taken her from police interview rooms and the witness box to the cells of maximum-security prisons and wards of secure hospitals.

Emilia Fox is best known for her role as Dr Nikki Alexander in BBC’s Silent Witness. She started her career in acclaimed adaptations such as the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice and ITV's Rebecca.

Emilia has recently presented In The Footsteps of Killers for Channel 4 and Murdertown for Crime+Investigation. 

David Wilson is one of the UK's leading criminologists and an Emeritus Professor at Birmingham City University. He is a National Teaching Fellow of the UK.

He continues to make significant contributions to the field of criminal justice and penology and has become a prominent media figure, regularly contributing to television, radio and podcasts.

Dr Julia Shaw is a criminal psychologist at University College London. Her academic work, teaching, and role as an expert witness, focus on different ways of understanding criminal behaviour. She appears regularly in popular press, including in TV true crime formats such as TRUE CRIME's "Killers: Caught on Camera", now in its third season.

Laura is an award winning criminal behavioural analyst, former New Scotland Yard and an international expert on domestic abuse, coercive control, stalking, sexual violence homicide and risk assessment. 

Fran Evans is the co-host of the true crime/comedy podcast, Affirmative Murder. Each episode, Fran and his co-host, Alvin, explore stories of infamous crimes, unsolved mysteries, and the complexities surrounding them. 

Colin Sutton was a Senior Investigating Officer in the Metropolitan Police from January 2003 to January 2011.

Ray and Vi Donovan are the founders of The Chris Donovan Trust, a non-profit organization established after the tragic loss of their son Chris to unprovoked violence in 2001. Using their deeply personal experience, they educate people on the devastating impact of crime on victims, families, and society. They have shared their journey with students, professionals, and offenders, advocating for respect, accountability, and the power of Restorative Justice. 

Natalie Queiroz MBE – Survivor of one of the most horrific attempted domestic homicides seen in the UK. International author of her self-written memoir, ‘Still Standing’, and MBE holder for Services to Young People and the Prevention of Knife Crime. Natalie is Founding Director of her not-for-profit company - i2QB CIC - focussed on overcoming youth violence, alongside running her motivational speaking company, Natalie Q Inspire Ltd. 

Nicola Thorp is a broadcaster, actress, and equality campaigner from Blackpool. Nicola has co-hosted Talk TV’s breakfast show ‘Talk Today’ and has been a regular fixture, seen debating current affairs on Jeremy Vine, The Talk, This Morning’s ‘Morning View’,  BBC News and Good Morning Britain.

Alison Marsh is a private investigator at Miss A. M. Investigations, registered with the UK Private Investigators Network, with qualifications in forensics, criminology, profiling, criminal psychology and private investigation. 

Vanessa Frake is the Former Head of Security and Operations at Wormwood Scrubs. Vanessa was awarded an MBE for her work for the prison service in 2012 and retired in 2013 from the prison service after 27 years.

A noted writer and criminologist, Christopher Berry-Dee's recent books include 'Talking with Psychopaths and Savages: A Journey into the Evil Mind'.

Christopher Berry-Dee is the country's Number One true crime author.

Jo is a Forensic Scientist and has been using science to help solve major crime for over 25 years. She started her career in Scotland, before moving to the homicide division of the Forensic Science Service in London. She transferred from there to the Specialist Forensics Division of the Metropolitan Police Service, and then joined a small independent company before setting up her own forensic consultancy. She has worked on many high-profile forensic investigations from all over the world. 

After returning from Cyprus where she worked as a ground hostess at RAF Akrotiri, Maddy joined Wiltshire Police in 2003. She worked in uniform on response for 6 years, before joining CID in 2009. Through the rest of her career she worked on the burglary and robbery squad, Intelligence on the modern slavery team, Counter Terrorism, then on the Inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, retiring as a Detective Sergeant in November last year. 

Alvin Williams is the co-host of the true crime/comedy podcast, Affirmative Murder. Each episode, he, alongside his co-host, Fran, explore stories of infamous crimes, unsolved mysteries, and the complexities surrounding them.

Katherine Schweit is a lawyer and former FBI Executive who spent 20 years as a Special Agent with the FBI and currently teaches law classes at DePaul and Webster universities. She is the author of the book, Stop the Killing: How to End the Mass Shootings Crisis, and co-hosts a podcast by the same name with Londoner Sarah Ferris. Before joining the FBI she worked as an assistant state's attorney in Chicago.   

Joseph was one of the youngest coroner investigators in the United States. Following his tenure in Louisiana, he was named Senior Investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office in Atlanta, Georgia. During his time in Atlanta, Joseph helped create and establish the national training guidelines for medicolegal death investigators. Eventually, the national guidelines would lead to the formation of the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators. He is the host of the podcast, Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, which was nominated for a Clue Award at CrimeCon 2022 Las Vegas.

Gavin Fish is the lead investigative reporter for EYT Media in Pennsylvania, USA. He’s a prominent voice in the true crime space on YouTube and is drawn to cases that appear to be misclassified—where the official story doesn’t align with the evidence Gavin’s meticulous research and storytelling have earned the trust of audiences and the attention of national media. He’s known for relentless public records digging, fighting for transparency in government, and combing archives for overlooked details. Gavin works closely with victims’ families and advocates, and has appeared on Court TV, Nancy Grace, the BBC, Investigation Discovery, and more.

Professor Patricia Wiltshire is a forensic ecologist, botanist, mycologist, and author of two successful true crime books. She has worked on more than 300 criminal and civil cases across the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, and New Zealand, including some of the highest profile cases of the past 30 years. 

Madison McGhee is a Los Angeles-based producer, filmmaker and creator and host of Ice Cold Case, the independent podcast where Madison is investigating her father's cold case murder from 2002. 

Cheryl, the self-proclaimed "Mediocre Queen of Essex," is far from mediocre. Known for her heart, warmth, and humour, she rose to fame as a Top 4 finalist on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2019. Since then, Cheryl co-hosts the hit true crime podcast Killers, Cults and Queens alongside Nikki Druce. 

Nikki Druce is the host and creator of Macabre London, a podcast and YouTube channel launched in 2017, with over a million downloads and hundreds of episodes. She is also the co-host of Killers, Cults and Queens with UK Drag Race alum Cheryl the Queen.

Howard Sounes is an expert on the Fred and Rosemary West murder case, and author of the true crime classic, Fred & Rose, as well as other crime books.

Dr Bethany Usher is an award-winning crime journalist who worked for national and regional newspapers and a senior lecturer at Newcastle University. 

Dr. Emma French is is the co-author of the Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller - Inside Broadmoor as well as Inside Wakefield Prison which was the best selling true crime non-fiction book across all categories in 2024.Their latest book in their hugely successful ‘Inside’ series tells the inside story of HMP Belmarsh. 

Jonathan Levi is a successful television executive and BAFTA-nominated documentary film maker. He is is the co-author of the Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller - Inside Broadmoor as well as Inside Wakefield Prison which was the best selling true crime non-fiction book across all categories in 2024.

Megan is one of the hosts of Mortal Musings, a true crime podcast where the hosts don’t take themselves too seriously—but always take the cases seriously.

Esther Ludlow has been interested in true crime since she was a teen and has been podcasting since 2012. She launched her true crime podcast, Once Upon a Crime, in June 2016. In only eight months, the podcast had over 1 million listens. 

Neil is one of the hosts of Mortal Musings, a true crime podcast where the hosts don’t take themselves too seriously—but always take the cases seriously.

Maya Badham is the founder of 'Safeguarding Animal & Human Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Abuse' (SAHSDA) which specialises in helping professionals across human and animal welfare sectors understand the link between animal abuse, interpersonal abuse, and wider criminality in order to improve the protection of all victims and survivors, regardless of species.

Kacey is the host of the hit podcast, The Cult Vault. The Cult Vault offers interviews with survivors and victims of cults, new religious movements, high demand control groups and high demand religious groups.

My mum, Anne Law was reported missing on March 24th 1973.  Nine years later in 1982, Dad tried to dig my mum's body up  taking my brother Trevor and my cousin with him. A massive and incompetent police investigation commenced. Her body has never been found .I became a Detective Sgt within Northumbria police in the hope of uncovering the truth.

Jane Hamilton has been an award-winning crime reporter for 25 years and there isn’t a national newspaper in Scotland she hasn’t written for, or a major crime story she hasn’t worked on. 

Helen established Title Role Productions alongside Ian Bradshaw in 2005 and has grown it to be one of the leaders in the non-scripted space throughout the world. One of her first crime formats she developed, ‘Crimes That Shook Britain’ is now in season 9 and airs in over 200 territories.

Paul Henderson is an award-winning investigative journalist. While Editor of the UK’s Sunday Mirror and Sunday People, he received the London Press Club Sunday Newspaper of the Year for campaigning journalism in 2018.

Paul has co-written A Spy In The Family with David Gardner, an investigative journalist and Sunday Times bestselling author.